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21 Jul 2015

EL LISSITZKY: THE ARTIST AND THE STATE
IMMA presents El Lissitzky: The Artist and the State, as we approach the centenary of Ireland’s Easter Rising and reflect on the vibrant artistic and cultural community who gave voice to a new image for the emerging state and a visual language for its’ politics. This exhibition places this local reflection within a broader global consideration of the role of artists in the imagination of emergent states of the early 20th century and a contemporary reflection on the task of the artist in relation to civil society.

Etel Adnan at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)
IMMA presents the work of Lebanese artist, poet, and writer Etel Adnan in a solo exhibition of 30 works opening at IMMA on 5 June 2015. Now in her 90s, Etel Adnan is an extraordinary creative voice and force of artistic renown. She moves freely between writing and art, poetry and tapestry. Many of these creative strands are denoted in the works on display in this exhibition.

IMMA reinstates a Modern Irish Master with Gerda Frömel: A Retrospective
This exhibition will be the first contemporary retrospective of Gerda Frömel, an artist who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1931 as the daughter of German parents but who moved to Ireland in 1956. An incredibly well regarded artist during her lifetime, her work is no longer well known and has not been on exhibition since a 1976 retrospective at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin the year after her untimely death. This exhibition seeks to bring new work to light and to reinstate Frömel as a modern Irish master.

Successful first festival for IMMA
The Irish Museum of Modern Art’s first summer festival, SUMMER RISING, proved to be a great success with 7000 people attending over ten days of events. The festival celebrated the exhibition Propositions by Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica and included day and night time art, music, performance and food events.